Location: Wonderful Paradise

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Oppressed Peoples of The Nacirema is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its strong anti-business politics. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 1.163 billion are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Religion & Spirituality, and Social Welfare. The average income tax rate is 25%. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing.

Crime is a serious problem. The Nacirema's national animal is the elgea, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the rallod.

The Nacirema is ranked 14th in Wonderful Paradise and 53,320th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -12 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and